Chapter 139 (2/2)

「Oh my, have you realized?」

This bakery must be the store of the senior-apprentice brother of the castle's baker Sid-san.

Sid-san sought a permission from me to sell the Cream bread and Anpan in his senior-apprentice brother's store, and I have approved. And so it wouldn't become Road-san's『Gold Wheat's Shop』in Shirin all over again, I have requested the Ruven House to back them.

I see, so it was like that. It wouldn't be strange for Rebeccsan to recognize this store since I was the one who made the request~

「Rebeccsama, who might this person be?」

「This is Tak.u.mi-san. Would you understand if I said that?」

「! It's an honor to meet you. I am this store's shopkeeper, Jake. Thank you very much for allowing me to sell the Cream bread and Anpan! My store has been saved thanks to you!!」

The moment Rebeccsan said my name, the shop a.s.sistant turned towards me and lowered his head.

Moreover, I thought of him to be the shop a.s.sistant, but he was actually the shopkeeper.

「Eh? Then, you are Sid-san's senior-apprentice brother……?」

Since he's the shopkeeper, he must be Sid-san's senior-apprentice brother himself.

My first impression was “young”. I mean, Sid-san is in the middle of thirties. The shopkeeper――Jake, looks much younger. When I secretly used【Appraisal]on him, it wasn't that he had a young face, he really was younger than Sid-san.

Sid-san said that his senior-apprentice brother runs a store, so I thought it would be an older person, but it was a younger senior-apprentice brother.

「Sid-san said something like that again……」

Jake-san made a troubled expression when at my words “senior-apprentice brother”.

「Huh? It's not wrong though, is it?」

When it comes to apprentices, the one who became an apprentice first becomes the senior-apprentice brother or senior-apprentice sister, so the age itself is irrelevant. Hence, being a younger senior-apprentice brother is possible. Well, it's surprising though~

「No, what do I say…… I have indeed begun learning from Boss first. However, it was when I was young and in the sense of childhood friend's Father teaching me a little here and there……」

Ahh, so it's like that.

「However, when Sid-san became an apprentice, you were already quite able at making bread, no?」

「Yes, that's true, but…… it was just a hobby for me in those days…… my genuine apprenticeship began after Sid-san's」

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「So that's why you feel complicated when Sid-san treats you as the senior-apprentice disciple?」

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